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  • 2011
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Structured as an allegorical fable and loosely inspired by existential science fiction, The Nine Muses is a stylised, unusual and idiosyncratic retelling of the history of mass migration to post-war Britain through the suggestive lens of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. Divided into nine overlapping musical chapters and mixing a vast arr...

Directed By: John Akomfrah

Written By: John Akomfrah

  • 2011
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 30 m

The Nine Muses

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Structured as an allegorical fable and loosely inspired by existential science fiction, The Nine Muses is a stylised, unusual and idiosyncratic retelling of the history of mass migration to post-war Britain through the suggestive lens of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. Divided into nine overlapping musical chapters and mixing a vast arr...

Directed By: John Akomfrah

Written By: John Akomfrah

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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100
Oct 4, 2011
The Nine Muses is the kind of nonfiction film I actively hope for: a picture of intuitive, free-associational power that cuts far deeper emotionally than a dry recitation of dates and facts could ever hope to.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 4, 2011
Akomfrah's steady, patient pace makes it fairly easy and ultimately fascinating to absorb his many heady references.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 4, 2011
Nine Muses is clearly the work of a talented filmmaker, and there are many moments to beguile the ears as well as the eyes. Yet it's a long slog through a few thousand years of myth and history, and most viewers are likely to grow impatient during the journey.
By Stephen Farber FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 6, 2011
At once austere and conceptually overwrought, The Nine Muses is both too much and not enough.
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Oct 4, 2011
The result is not without beauty, though at a certain point, one begins to notice that each new muse rather resembles the previous, a uniformity that restrains the film from true symphonic swell.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Smoking Dogs Films
Release Date Oct 6, 2011
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Awards

Sheffield International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Dubai International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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